Category Archive: 1320 Spotlight, Apex Spotlight, LAND SPEED RACES, XL Spotlight
Fellow Racer Remembers His Mentor Ernie Pereira, 200 MPH Club Member, Belly Tank Racer, And Overall Land Racing Bad Ass.
(Words by Robert Dalton, Photos provided by Robert Dalton) Robert Dalton is the owner and driver of the “Flash Point” Streamliner, and a guy who has become a good friend of ours over the...
This 2010 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak Is Up For Sale! Bring A 727 And Get Ready To Party!
You know the Dodge Challenger Drag Pak as the race-only variation of Mopar’s musclecar. Limited run, big on power, weighs nearly 1,000 pounds less than the standard production model, and...
Carl Scott Flips His Car, Minor Insanity, At Kansas No Prep Race And Walks Away
Carl Scott has had a few close calls lately, but we’re glad to announce that after losing it behind the wheel of his little beast Minor Insanity, and sliding it into the wall, it flipped over a...
Watch Gary Gerould In Action Covering The 1988 NHRA Summernationals From A Boiling E-Town
In my Forest Gump-esque time in the world of drag racing, I have been fortunate to meet and interact with a great number of my heroes. I have been fortunate enough to work with some of the most noted...
Vintage Photo Flood Continues: It Is More 1970s Funny Car, Door Slammer, And Dragster Greatness
(Photos by Bob Boudreau) – By now you know what’s going on with these photo galleries. Canadian photographer Bob Boudreau has been rummaging through his old negatives and producing the...
Gallery: Jungle Pam, Rocket Cars, Carnage, New Historic Photos From New England Dragway
Bob Boudreau’s seemingly endless archive of bad ass photos from the early 1970s at New England continues to yield more epic gold. In this installment of photos, you’ll see Jungle Pam hard...
Looking To The Sky: The “Blackhawk” Pontiac Firehawk Can Grip Any Surface!
“Blackhawk”, the 2000 Pontiac Firebird you see here, is known for it’s party trick: it’ll hang the front wheels high anytime, any place. With enough nitrous to run several...
The Parachute Isn’t Optional! Watch What Happens When This Corvette Loses The Chute!
Over 150 miles an hour in the quarter requires a parachute, according to the NHRA. And for good reason…no shutdown area is long enough for brakes only when you are coming in hot. I don’t...
NHRA Sanair 1972: Our Last Blast Of Time Traveling Photos Into Drag Racing History
(Photos by Bob Boudreau) – Well we have finally come to the end of the well again with these great photos from NHRA Sanair 1972 by Bob Boudreau. We have been showing you them in doses over the...
These Tips Will Help You Weld Chromoly Tubing Like A Pro, Thanks To Tips From Bentley Garner
The welders in my shop are blue, as in Miller, and not only do I prefer the power of blue for my welding projects, but I also find their YouTube Channel to be FULL of great videos. Training videos,...
14 Years Ago, Brandon Bernstein Suffered One Of The Wildest And Most Bone Jarring Top Fuel Crashes Ever At Englishtown
This weekend, yours truly and the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series heads to historic Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey for one of the longest running and most well known races on the entire...
Video: Thirty One Years Ago This Weekend, Don Garlits Invented the Top Fuel Blow-Over
This was new. This was weird. This was SCARY. We’re of course talking about the phenomenon that came to be known as a top fuel “blow over” in the 1980s and 1990s. There...
This Turbocharged Plymouth Reliant K May Not Be The Hottest Sleeper But It IS The Cleanest K-Car
What is a sleeper? We’d argue that this car a turbocharged Plymouth Reliant K, with double the factory horsepower qualifies for that designation even though it is not capable of running 9s or...
